trading post
noun
1
: a station of a trader or trading company established in a sparsely settled region where trade in products of local origin (such as furs) is carried on
Examples of trading post in a Sentence
The French set up a trading post on the coast.
The town was first established as a trading post.
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In 1975, farmers chasing a runaway pig discovered human skeletal remains in a remote area near Meteor City, a historic trading post 40 miles east of Flagstaff.
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Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024
At the urging of his second wife, Carita, Belknap named a New York businessman who was married to Carlita’s close friend, Caleb Marsh, to run the trading post at Fort Sill in the Oklahoma territory.
—TIME, 6 Feb. 2024
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Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024
At the urging of his second wife, Carita, Belknap named a New York businessman who was married to Carlita’s close friend, Caleb Marsh, to run the trading post at Fort Sill in the Oklahoma territory.
—TIME, 6 Feb. 2024
See all Example Sentences for trading post
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“Trading post.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trading%20post. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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